UFC 272 Reactions & UFC Vegas 50 Picks | Care/Don’t Care Podcast

It’s time for another one of our infamous & patented Care/Don’t Care Podcasts, with your talent: Eugene S. Robinson, John Nash + Stephie Haynes.

UFC 272 REACTIONS — 2:30
Overall, this 13-bout card saw 2 1st Rd finishes, 3 KO/TKO’s, 2 subs, & 8 decisions, 3 split. Rounding things out, 2 fighters were awarded for putting forth POTN efforts: Kevin Holland & Maryna Moroz; FOTN honors went to Colby Covington vs. Jorge Masvidal.

Here’s a look at the UFC 272: ‘MASVIDAL VS COVINGTON’ fight card full results & updated records —

ESPN+ PPV CARD | SAT. MAR 5
At 31:49 — 13. 170lbs: Colby Covington (17-3) DEF. Jorge Masvidal (35-16) — DEC, Unanimous (49-46, 50-44, 40-45)

At 27:27 — 12. 155lbs: Rafael dos Anjos (31-13) DEF. Renato Moicano (16-5) — DEC, Unanimous (49-45, 49-44, 50-44)

At 19:50 — 11. 145bs: Bryce Mitchell (15-0) DEF. Edson Barboza (22-11) — DEC, Unanimous (30-27, 30-26, 30-25)

At 18:28 — 10. 170lbs: Kevin Holland (22-7) DEF. Alex Oliveira (22-12) — KO/TKO, Right Hook to Ground Strikes at 0:38 of Rd 2, 5:38 Total

At 15:12 — 9. 265lbs: Sergey Spivak (14-3) DEF. Greg Hardy (7-5) — KO/TKO, G&P at 2:16 of Rd 1

ESPN+ PRELIMS
At 13:57 — 8. 155lbs: Jalin Turner (11-5) DEF. Jamie Mullarkey (14-4) — KO/TKO, Right Hook to Ground Strikes at 0:46 of Rd 2, 5:46 Total

At 13:07 — 7. 205lbs: Marina Rodriguez (16-1) DEF. Xiaonan Yan (13-2) — DEC, Split (29-28, 28-29, 29-28)

At 12:07 — 6. 205lbs: Nick Negumereanu (12-1) DEF. Kennedy Nzechukwu (9-3) — DEC, Split (27-29, 29-27, 29-27)

At 10:50 — 5. 125lbs: Maryna Moroz (11-3) DEF. Mariya Agapova (10-3) — SUB, Arm Triangle Choke at 3:27 of Rd 2, Total 8:27

UFC FIGHT PASS EARLY PRELIMS
At 7:35 — 4. 135lbs: Umar Nurmagomedov (14-0) vs. BrIan Kelleher (24-13) — SUB, Rear Naked Choke at 3:15 of Rd 1

At 6:25 — 3. 125lbs: Tim Elliott (18-12) DEF. Tagir Ulanbekov (13-2) — DEC, Unanimous (29-28, 29-28, 29-28)

At 5:40 — 2. 155lbs: L’udovit Klein (18-4) DEF. Devonte Smith (11-4) — DEC, Split (28-29, 29-28, 30-27)

At 5:24— 1. 205lbs: Dustin Jacoby (17-5) DEF. Michael Oleksiejczuk (16-5) — DEC, Unanimous (29-28, 29-28, 29-28)
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UFC VEGAS 50 PICKS — 38:36
At this point in the show we offer you our ‘disclaimer’, then our trio will go about predicting the UFC Vegas 50 Fight Night bout sheet from the bottom up.

Here’s a look at the fight card & records for the upcoming event via tapology.com (bout order subject to change, as it already has since the show was recorded Sun. morning):

UFC VEGAS 50: ‘THIAGO SANTOS VS MAGOMED ANKALAEV’ (14 Cares) —

ESPN+ MAIN CARD | SAT. MAR 12 — 7PM/4PM ETPT (14 Cares)
14. 205lbs: Thiago Santos (22-9) vs. Magomed Ankalaev (16-1) — At 54:47, 2 Cares

13. 135lbs: Marlon Moraes (23-9) vs. Yadong Song (18-5) — At 53:44, 3 Cares

12. 145lbs: Alex Caceres (19-12) vs. Sodiq Yusuff (11-2) — At 50:21, 3 Cares (But Split)

11. 205bs: Khalil Rountree (9-5) vs. Karl Roberson (9-4) — At 49:10

10. 155lbs: Drew Dober (23-11) vs. Terrence McKinney (12-3) — At 48:23, 3 Cares (But Split)

9. 185lbs: Bruno Silva (22-6) vs. Alex Pereira (4-1) — At 52:19, 3 Cares (But Split)

ESPN+ PRELIMS | 4PM/1PM ETPT (0 Cares)
8. 170lbs: Matt Semelsberger (9-3) vs. AJ Fletcher (9-0) — At 41:24, “One to Watch”

7. 125lbs: JJ Aldrich (10-4) vs. Gillian Robertson (10-6) — At 40:27

6. 135lbs: Trevin Jones (13-7) vs. Javid Basharat (11-0) — At 46:10

5. 145lbs: Damon Jackson (19-4) vs. Kamuela Kirk (11-4) — At 42:50

UFC FIGHT PASS EARLY PRELIMS (0 Cares)
4. 125lbs: Sabina Mazo (9-3) vs. Miranda Maverick (9-4) — At 39:59

3. 185lbs: Cody Brundage (6-2) vs. Dalcha Lungiambula (11-3) — At 45:44

2. 135lbs: Guido Cannetti (8-6) vs. Kris Moutinho (9-5) — At 47:37

1. 205lbs: Tafon Nchukwi (6-1) vs. Azamat Murzakanov (10-0) — At 44:51

Be sure to follow Eugene on twitter @EugeneSRobinson, and of course you can catch Stephie @CrooklynMMA.

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